Today we tackle Trader Vic’s Grog from the 1960’s and try and answer the question: What The Hell IS Grog??
Well strap on in fellow Barflies, the history of Grog is Fascinating. What I don’t touch on much in the video is that Grog has become a category of Tiki drink done and done again at just about every Tiki bar in the world. It has very little resemblance to the what an original grog was, but it’s nice that no matter what is in a “Grog” or what makes a grog a grog, that this class of cocktail carries with it the fascinating history of not only the traditional drink, but of rum itself.
Trader Vic’s Grog
Ingredients
- 2 oz Jamaica Rum Dark
- 1 oz Lemon Juice
- 1 oz Pineapple Juice
- 1 oz Passionfruit Syrup
- 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Here’s links to the tools I use in this video:
Barfly Vintage Style Shaking Set
Barfly Measuring Cup Jigger
Barfly Hawthorne Strainer
Japanese Bitters Dasher
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The dirty men (sailors) are bad, but nowadays we have dirty women (also sailors) as well, and they are a whole league of their own.
So the real reason more ice = less dilution: before a gram of ice melts, it has to absorb a certain amount of heat (enthalpy of fusion). More ice, more grams, and more heat removed from the drink before the ice melts and dilutes the cocktail.